Tag: animals
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Returning to the book Spiral Dance
The Word That Awakened Something in Me There are some books we read once and put back on the shelf, while others seem to become part of our story. Starhawk’s The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess is one of those books for me. I first read it around…
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What Happened to the Feminine?
There is a question that has been arising for me more and more deeply as I work on the Living Attributes Codex: What happened to the feminine? Not simply to women, but to the feminine as a source of wisdom, intuition, spiritual authority, healing, creation and embodied knowing. When I look back through history, I see many…
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Forgiveness Without Reconciliation
I have come to understand that forgiveness does not necessarily mean allowing someone back into my life. I can forgive you and still choose not to be your friend. I can forgive you and still choose not to have a relationship with you. I can forgive what happened without pretending that it did not happen,…
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The Revolution Begins Within
Gloria Steinem has always represented something much larger than a political movement. She represents the courage to question the stories we have been given about who we are, what we are capable of, and where we belong. In her 1992 University of Washington interview about Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Steinem explored an…
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The Keeper of the Inner Light
When I look at this image, I don’t immediately see a woman who is waiting to be saved. ~ I see a young woman who has remembered where the Light lives. There is something deeply familiar about her. She carries the visual language of the Madonna, a contemplative woman in prayer. The bowed head, the…
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Dolly Parton: The Divine Child Who Became the Radiant Godmother
There are some people whose presence seems to occupy more space than their physical body ever could. Dolly Parton was one of those people. At first glance, it might have been easy to assume that her larger-than-life appearance was simply part of the entertainment. The enormous hair, the exaggerated clothing, the rhinestones, the heels, the…